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Buttons, glass, tortoise shell pick
Image Not Available for Buttons, glass, tortoise shell pick
Object Number 974-24-10/52420
Display Title Buttons, glass, tortoise shell pick
Descriptions
Department Archaeological
Date 18th century - 19th century
Culture
  • American
  • Colonial Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston / Fort Independence
Intrasite Structure c; north 60, west 15; level 2
Additional Geographic Terms Castle Island
Provenance
Provenance William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. (1974)

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Buttons, glass, tortoise shell pick
974-24-10/52420.2 Buttons, glass, tortoise shell pick
Plaster
Fragment
Utilized bone
Rim
Faunal Remain
Fort Independence
Image Not Available for Buttons.
974-24-10/52420.1 Buttons.
Button
Ft. Independence
Beaded hunting sack with Western buttons hanging on a post with strings of beads and two tortoise shells
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2004.1.685 Ornament, triangular pillow, embroidered, sewn glass, shell, metal buttons
Ornament
Yemen
Ornament, triangular pillow, embroidered, sewn glass, shell, metal buttons
2004.1.684 Ornament, triangular pillow, embroidered, sewn glass, shell, metal buttons
Ornament
Yemen
Glass fragments, spike buttons, shell, and nails
974-24-10/52408.2 Glass fragments, spike buttons, shell, and nails
Faunal Remain
Bottle Glass
Faunal Remain
Fort Independence
Image Not Available for Glass fragments spike buttons, shell and nails
974-24-10/52408 Glass fragments spike buttons, shell and nails
Fort Independence
Chipping waste, coal, glass, pottery, buttons, pipe bowl fragments, pottery sher
970-12-10/50453.1 Chipping waste, coal, glass, pottery, buttons, pipe bowl fragments, pottery sher
Pipe stem
Fragment
Coal/clinker
Button
Button
Faunal Remain
Brick
Mortar
Rim
Base
Body
Stone
Chipping debris
Neville
Eleven complete and fragmentary buttons of metal, glass, fabric-covered metal
973-30-10/52819.1 Eleven complete and fragmentary buttons of metal, glass, fabric-covered metal
Button
Unidentified
Button
Cooper-Frost-Austin House
Image Not Available for Miscellaneous glass, china, stone, buttons (one of bone), marble and marble chip
975-11-10/52705 Miscellaneous glass, china, stone, buttons (one of bone), marble and marble chip
Watertown Arsenal
2 four-hole milk glass buttons, 1 decorated
970-12-10/51135.3 2 four-hole milk glass buttons, 1 decorated
Button
Neville
Bottles, mallet head, nails, glass, china and earthenware fragments, buttons, bu
974-24-10/52410.2 Bottles, mallet head, nails, glass, china and earthenware fragments, buttons, bu
Button
Body
Bottle Glass
Pipe stem
Fort Independence